Heartland

If you have a friend who likes old school goth circa 1987, this album is great! (Black Angel - Kiss of Death)

Can't recommend this highly enough. Order one - you won't be disappointed and will thank yourself (and Trevor) for years to come.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmusiczone.ie%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F07%2FPF-600x600.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 So far so good! This is much better than I expected after they put out "Don't Believe" as the teaser. Fresher-sounding and more innovative than I expected and RB o...

...and Eldritch did ask Wayne if he'd contribute to the third album, even after Wayne said he was going to go join Craig. The rancour clearly set in around the Sisterhood shenanigans, and when it was clearly such a boon to their projects to feud through the media! This was all covered in the Mass M...

Thanks for the reminder. I wouldn't normally have many Villa or Sheff U players in there but needs must.

Swinnow wrote:

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: That could be the title of the next album by The m*****n!

See Black Cat Bone on The Brightest Light my.friend

https://youtu.be/9ucPj0EP20o

Thought it sounded familiar - thanks for the detail!

Swinnow wrote: the candles cost more than the cake.

That could be the title of the next album by The m*****n!

Eyes of Caligula certainly looks more immediately worthy of dissection than many of Von's more recent lyrics. He starts with the reference to the new Jerusalem, presumably a reference to the sentiments of Blake's poem which he went misty-eyed about on that Belgian radio show in 1984. "There is no us...

New on my blog, a look into an apparent visit to a record shop by TSOM on their first West Coast tour in 1983. https://sistersfan.blogspot.com/2020/04 ... rance.html
Other recent posts include Zurich and Glasgow 1985. Next post will therefore be on a 1984 gig!

czuczu wrote:

Purple Light wrote:

paint it black wrote: Agreed, the Liverpool gig was most excellent

Louder.
Everyone knows the L is louder.

Still not sure how I am top of the H2H when I am mid-table overall. Someone up there must like me though, as I took a gamble on bringing in Delofeu this week and making him captain!

Well done IGM. Can't remember the last time we were top of the table!

More of the Munich "day off" interviews appearing. Two with Eldritch: https://www.collideartandculture.com/single-post/2019/10/15/Eldritch-Boulevard-An-Interview-with-Andrew-Eldritch and https://australianmusician.com.au/sisters-of-mercy-australian-tour-interview/ , the first of which is definitely ...

Talking amongst old friends I've often used NMA as an example for the way forward for The Girls. They could even meet at Owlcotes to share a brew and compare notes ;) Also, I gather Headingley Rugby stadium, newly upgraded, can now hold a few gigs each year. The two of them would make a fab bill on...

Defender of the faith, that is. Coin collectors know better! "Defender of the faith" eh? Sounds a bit like another well-known group's motto! This is presumably Von's ironic comments on the Brexit issue. It looks as if Trump got him thinking about making an album, but Boris has been the catalyst (no...

Seconded. Thanks to you both for taking the trouble to update us.

Yet another bargin! "Excelent condition, with no flaws" Minus the obvious one of course. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-90s-The-Sisters-of-Mercy-Tie-Dye-T-Shirt-Size-L-Merciful-Release-Rock/303216411514?hash=item46991b437a:g:HjAAAOSwkWFdIA-T That's truly terrible, like Magic Eye - I had to look a...

Apparently there was very heavy rain and parts of the Wacken site had to be evacuated and bands suspended for a while. According to the Wacken website, in order to meet their curfew, they basically had to cancel one of two bands - Mambo Kurt (?) or TSoM. But as the former are playing toher stages ov...

Latest Bookmakers odds for new TSOM guitarist - Mac Book adds guitar to bass and drums 2/1 on - Von takes on guitar duties himself 8/1 - Mark Gemini-Thwaite 10/1 - Wolfie 20/1 - Choque Hosein 25/1 - Return of Adam Pearson 50/1 - Return of Gary Marx 100/1 - Anne Widdecombe 250/1 - Return of Wayne H.u...

From the last couple of years, I would say the following trio are all killer no filler: Then Comes Silence - Blood - the natural successors to the 80s/90s alternative/goth bands Whispering Sons - Image - atmospheric, melodic but intense post-punk from groovy young Belgians Sonsombre - A Funeral for ...

Wayne put a second extract up last week where he's quite open in his self-appraisal. This section of that extract may be of interest to fans of TSOM, and should convince any remaining doubters that the book won't just be an extended act of self-aggarandizement : " Where I fall on this spectrum of co...

@MAndrews "an ill-advised and heart-felt use of some of the SKOS lyrics cost me a girlfriend in 1985" - hopefully not "And I don't care what you're called, tell me later, if at all."

Fantastic journalism Mark - you've forensically dissected the songs lyrically and musically and laid Eldritch's soul bare for all to see and thereby better appreciate his unique talent. I would have the same songs as you in the top 3, even though I have spent the past thirty-five + years being one o...

Ben Gunn was Chelsea.
Shocked at Von changing teams.
Wayne famously changed from Bristol City to Liverpool of course ...

Memories... I'd forgotten about Terry's cafe, our usual stop off place when on our way back up the hill to Springfield Mount after a bop in the Phono. A delicious dive of a place, but great for a butty, coffee and a smoke :lol: at 3am We were probably in there ate the same time. I mentioned it in o...